Think of me, then, fondly, as you think
how the wind blows through the trees, and how
pink flowers dance on the camellia, pink
flowers clinging on there, ’til those flowers
scatter across the lawn, as life is scattered.
Dream loving dreams of me, not empty dreams,
shattered by daybreak. I will not be shattered
free as a flower loosened by the wind is free
or a bird soaring on the wind’s turn, or
light falling on the water. I am light,
laughter and love: think of me with laughter,
bright laughter. Think of me with thoughts that brighten
dark, the way the moon shines through the stormy dark.
Sparks fly upwards, upwards. Let me be a spark.
A shadow sonnet for Laura at dVerse. I found this one extremely challenging. I find it hard to keep track of sonnets anyway, and the use of the same word at the beginning and end of the line nearly broke me. Anyhow, it’s done. Head over to dVerse to find more of these.
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Wow–both poignant and soaring somehow, Sarah. I’m with you about sonnets, and I’m not sure I want to even attempt this one. So, I’m super impressed!
(Today is Ingrid’s prompt though.)
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And yet you did it so beautifully.
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Thank you!
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I love the closing you did… to turn it back to such a wonderful thought of being that spark… it flowed effortlessly I think
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Thank you, Bjorn. It was a technically difficult challenge, and I appreciated the stretch of my poetry muscles!
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this poem is a real breakthrough of the sonnet strictures Sarah -it is full to the brim with such emotion that it spills over on the reader (so pertinent and yes tearful) I cannot praise this enough.
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Thank you so much, Laura, for your kind words and for this challenge. Sometimes the restraints bring out something unexpected.
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indeed! paradoxically liberating once the rules are learnt and understood 😉
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Wonderful stuff, with the use of nature…and your comment at the end was poignsnt!
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I concur, this flows effortlessly, beautifully composed!
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You rose to the challenge and carried it off and wrote some lovely lines.
“Dream loving dreams of me, not empty dreams”
I’m not even going to attempt it, wrote a straight sonnet instead. I’m not sure that the strain of beginning and ending with the same word adds anything but… strain.
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Oh yes, a spark. Sparkling and free. This is so beautiful.
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My goodness this was so easy for you and read with such ease. Nice one
much love…
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This is unbelievably beautiful, Sarah.
-David
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I second that! 🙂
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Great opening line. What a lovely set up.
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Great effort Sarah! I have been humbled by this shadow sonnet. Having a difficult time embracing it or enjoying it. My efforts are all sounding forced. Yours flows nicely and reads beautifully. Well written!
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The ending is my favorite! You made this look so easy, well done! ❣️
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It really didn’t feel easy! Thank you.
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A very good use of the prompt Sarah. Well done!
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It was a very difficult challenge to use the repetition is such a tight construct as a sonnet, which imo is difficult enough to write well – but you’ve really put the effort into this poem Sarah – and it works in a lovely, lyrical way. Kudos for rising to this brain-teasing challenge and offering us something that speaks with a certain lightness, to chase away the shadows and dark.
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A spectacular poem. You executed the sonnet wonderfully. “Think of me with laughter.” I love that.
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